diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d18171f8..eb51d7d7 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@ lazy val mockSettings = Seq(
   libraryDependencies += "org.scalamock" %% "scalamock" % "5.1.0" % Test
 )
 
-// Everything blows up if the plugin uses scala-xml 2.x
-val scalaXmlVersion =
-  Def.setting(
-    if (scalaVersion.value.startsWith("2.12")) "1.3.0"
-    else
-      "2.0.1"
-  )
+val scalaXmlVersion = "2.1.0"
 
 lazy val publishSettings = Seq(
   publishTo := {
@@ -89,7 +83,7 @@ lazy val shared =
     .settings(publishSettings: _*)
     .settings(
       name := "scalapact-shared",
-      libraryDependencies ++= Seq("org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % scalaXmlVersion.value)
+      libraryDependencies ++= Seq("org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % scalaXmlVersion)
     )
 
 lazy val core =
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index b7a4313e..cbf330b0 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version in ThisBuild := "4.4.1-SNAPSHOT"
+version in ThisBuild := "5.0.0-SNAPSHOT"